Fletching glue review

[mikeboehm]

What is the best strongest glue for carbon arrows. I'm using bohning platinum for my zeon fusion vanes but they seem to come apart once in a while. I'm wondering what's better

[allan]

I think the stuff I use is called goat tuff. (do not get it on your fingers!!!, I figured that out on my own) but before you glue your vanes on, make sure you use a cleaner on the bare shaft and on the vanes themselves. Let the shafts dry completely before gluing. After gluing I like to leave them sit for awhile, several hrs at least before use. It goes along ways to making the first glue job last. I was shooting a bit with the zeon fusions but went back to a 4" duravane RH helical, for clearence issues and my friends were convinced that the zeon fusions made more noise

[mikeboehm]

I use the zeon vane with my pse omen pro and I don't notice any noise

[StoneChaser]

I've had excellent luck with the AAE FASTSET GEL with Blazer vanes...seems impossible to pull them off (I've tried).

Last night I fletched up an arrow with the Loc Tite Super Glue Pro.....seems to be same stuff (maybe a little runnier), but is 1/4 the price of the gel (doing it more as an experiment as a cost saving measure though).

Seems to be on there...I couldn't pull or twist it off the arrow.

[Bow Walker]

These notes/votes are for carbon shafts - not wood or aluminum shafts...........

Another vote for AAE Fastset gel. I've used it for both Duravanes and Blazers. It works. I've also used both Goat Tuff and Bohning Platinum - they also work well.

The key to any gluing job is to clean the shaft and then to let the arrow set up over night before you use it.

[StoneChaser]

I've had excellent luck with the AAE FASTSET GEL with Blazer vanes...seems impossible to pull them off (I've tried).

Last night I fletched up an arrow with the Loc Tite Super Glue Pro.....seems to be same stuff (maybe a little runnier), but is 1/4 the price of the gel (doing it more as an experiment as a cost saving measure though).

Seems to be on there...I couldn't pull or twist it off the arrow.

Update....two of the vanes blew off with the Loctite glue once I shot in the cold.....the AAE Fastset gel has never done that.

Guess I'll stick with it......

[RoscoeP]

Fusion vanes recommend a glue with cyanoacrylate in it like crazy glue. I prefer the gel type. Cheers Roscoe ps. I did have to look up the spelling of that word.

[willyqbc]

Just from personal experience over the years

AAE fastset gel - will hold very well initially but down the road, say a year later, it seems to get brittle and we started losing vanes regularly

Bohning platinum - the only time I ever had fletches come off was when i got lazy and didn't clean the vane before glueing, lots of vanes have a dust on the base that creates a barrier between vane and shaft, when both components are cleaned properly I almost never loose vanes with this glue.

My family generally has about 10 dozen arrows in use at any given time so over the last 10 years I have seen lots of arrows used in any and all conditions and temperatures. For my money i would stay away from the fast setting glues as they become "solid" when they dry, other glues like the bohning platinum retain some "flexibility" when dry and seem to survive a variety of conditions better.

Just my opinion
Chris

[allan]

I use the zeon vane with my pse omen pro and I don't notice any noise

The only way my friends said they could hear the difference in noise was when they stood safely behind a wall as the arrow sailed past their heads at about halfway down the range. I would get them to close their eyes and one friend could pick the different arrows out every time. The other guy couldn't. I was the one shooting so I could never tell the difference.

[mikeboehm]

I never had a problem with bohning platinum glue with blazer vanes but whe I switched to fusion zeon vanes they would come off. I'm going to try superglue gel

[Barracuda]

i am useing bohning fltch tite and it really doesnt work all that well for aluminum. Will it work better for the carbon?

[Bow Walker]

i am useing bohning fltch tite and it really doesnt work all that well for aluminum. Will it work better for the carbon?
It's made for carbon shafts..............

[Barracuda]

ahh that explains it lol . it says aluminum wood and glass on it but i figured it would probably work best on one type.

[hunter1993ap]

another vote for the fast dry gel it works good for me and it was the eisiest to work with i found.